Suvendu Adhikari
| Suvendu Adhikari শুভেন্দু অধিকারী |
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| Minister for Transport | |
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Assumed office 27 May 2016 |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nandigram |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Firoja Bibi |
| Constituency | Nandigram |
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Member of the India Parliament for Tamluk |
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In office 16 May 2009 – 19 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lakshman Chandra Seth |
| Succeeded by | Dibyendu Adhikari |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kanthi Dakshin |
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In office 12 May 2006 – 16 May 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Sisir Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Dibyendu Adhikari |
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| Born | 15 December 1970 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Residence | Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal |
| Alma mater |
Rabindra Bharati University (M.A) Contai P. K. College (B.A) |
| Profession |
Politician Businessperson |
| Religion | Hindu |
Rabindra Bharati University (M.A)
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha and the 16th Lok Sabha. He was elected as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Tamluk. An honours graduate, he was born on 15 December 1970. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.
Credited as the man who galvanised the people of Nandigram under the umbrella of the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee, when rumours of land acquisition for a chemical hub had triggered a movement, Suvendu Adhikari was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Contai. Suvendu defeated CPI(M)’s strongman Lakshman Seth, who led the charge in recapturing the villages from Trinamool Congress supporters leading to a bloodbath in 2007, by a margin of 1.73 lakh votes.
Suvendu Adhikari has 5 serious criminal cases against him: 1 charge related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325), 1 charge related to theft (IPC Section-379), 1 charge related to attempt to murder (IPC Section-307), 1 charge related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364), 1 charge related to assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354).
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